Plum Wine (Verbena 'Superbena Royale Plum Wine') - red flowers, illustrated plant cardIllustration

Plum Wine

Verbena 'Superbena Royale Plum Wine'

Plum Wine blooms from May through October.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
May–Oct
not yet checked
Hardiness
Zones 9–11
checked
Sun
Full sun
checked
Water
Moderate water
not yet checked
Mature size
10 in × 20 in
checked
Type
Annual
house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Growing Plum Wine

Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 9–11. Expect it to reach about 10 in tall and 20 in wide at maturity, in roughly 1 year (not yet checked).

No toxicity note is on file for Plum Wine. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.

Verification
What was checked

Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant. The bloom months and water need on this page were not, and each fact above says which. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.

See the 6 sources it was checked against

When to plant Plum Wine

Wait until all danger of frost has passed, then plant out Plum Wine into warm soil; in most zones that means late spring. Planted then, it flowers from May to October.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 9, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 9 in February. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.

How big does Plum Wine get?

Illustration of Plum Wine drawn to scale beside an adult10 intall5 ft 7 inan adult20 inwide
About 10 in tall and 20 in wide at maturity: shin-high beside an adult.

See Plum Wine in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.

How far apart to plant Plum Wine

Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.

Space Plum Wine about 20 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.

Plant them
20 in apart
Per 10 sq ft
about 4
4 by 8 ft bed
about 8

Add Plum Wine to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.

Where these facts come from

Plum Wine's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun and trait tags were checked against 6 published sources on July 29, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.

  • buchanansplants.comBuchanan's Native Plants (Houston, TX)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun and trait tags
  • Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun and trait tags
  • Proven Winnersbreeder/introducerheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun and trait tags
  • greenleafnursery.comGreenleaf Nursery Companyheight, spread, hardiness zones and trait tags
  • milmont.comMilmont Greenhouses (Waynesboro, VA)height, spread, hardiness zones and trait tags
  • NC State ExtensionVerbena x hybrida, species pagesun

How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.

The Verbena group

One of 12 in the Verbena group. Same genus, similar care.

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